|
CITY OF
<br />LakW Elmo
<br />Gazette Extra, June 14, 1995
<br />CITY OF LAKE ELMO
<br />ASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
<br />ORDINANCE 81-13
<br />ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION
<br />203.010 RELATING TO COUNCIL MEETINGS
<br />ONTHE1979 LAKE ELMO MUNICIPAL CODE
<br />Section 1. Amendment• The City Council
<br />ordains that Section 203.010 of the 1979 Lake
<br />Elmo Municipal Code is amended to read as
<br />follows:
<br />Section 203.010 Council
<br />Subd. 1. Meetings
<br />A. Bgular Meetings Except as provided
<br />herein, Regular Meetings shall be held at
<br />City hall beginning at 7:00 p.m. on the first
<br />and third Tuesdays of each month. The City
<br />Council may cancel regular Counctt
<br />meetings by adopting the appropriate motion
<br />at any duly called Council Meeting. The City
<br />Council may change the date, time, and/or
<br />Place of a Regular Meeting by adopting the
<br />appropriate motion at any duly called Council
<br />Meeting and by posting a written notice of
<br />the date, time and place of the rescheduled
<br />meeting on the City Bulletin Board and at
<br />the main entrance to the City Hall at least
<br />three days before the date of the
<br />rescheduled Regular Meeting.
<br />B. Special Meetings Special Meetings
<br />may be called by the Mayor or by any twoCouncilMembersfilingawrittennoticewith
<br />the City Administrator. At least three days
<br />prior to the date of the Special Meeting, the
<br />City Administrator shall mail notice to all
<br />Members of the City Council, shall mail
<br />noticeto each person who has filed a written
<br />request for notice of Special Meetings, and
<br />shall post such notice on the City Bulletin
<br />Boardand atthe main entrance toCity Hall.
<br />The notice shall indicate the date, time,
<br />ice and purpose of the Special Meeting.
<br />matters not directly related to the pur-
<br />pose of the Special Meeting are discussed
<br />or acted upon at the Special Meeting, the
<br />Minutes ofthe Special Meeting shall include
<br />a specific description of the matters.
<br />C. Emergency Meetings, An EmergencyMeetingisaSpecialMeetingcalledbythe
<br />14ayor or any two Council Members be.
<br />use of circu instances that in the judgment
<br />the Mayor or any two Council Members
<br />require immediate consideration by theCityCouncil. The person or persons who
<br />call the Emergency Meeting shall make a
<br />good faith effort to contact all Council
<br />Members and, as soon as reasonably
<br />Practicable after notice has been given to
<br />Council Members, all members of the news
<br />media who have filed a written request for
<br />notice of Emergency Meetings if the re-
<br />quest includes the news media's telephone
<br />number. The notice shall include the date,
<br />time, place and purpose of the Emergency
<br />Meeting. If matters not directly related to
<br />the Emergency Meeting are discussed at
<br />an Emergency Meeting, the Minutes of the
<br />Emergency Meeting shall include a specific
<br />description of the matters.
<br />D. Initial Meeting At the first regular
<br />Council meeting in January of each year
<br />the Council shall:
<br />1. Designate the depositories of Cityfunds;
<br />2. Designate the official newspaper;
<br />3. Choose one of the Council members
<br />as acting mayor, who shall perform the
<br />duties ofthe mayor during the disability
<br />or absence of the mayor from the City
<br />or, in case of a vacancy in the office of
<br />mayor, until a successor has been
<br />appointed and qualifies;
<br />4. Appoint such officers and employees
<br />and members of boards, commissions
<br />and committees as may be necessary;
<br />5. Establish and appoint Council
<br />members to Council committees as are
<br />deemed appropriate for the effecient
<br />and orderly management of the City.
<br />E. Public Meetinas, All Council meetings,
<br />including special and adjourned meetings
<br />and meetings of Council committees, shall
<br />be conducted in accordance with the
<br />Minnesota Open Meeting Law.
<br />o. 2 Presiding Officer,
<br />A. Who Presides. The mayor shall preside
<br />at all meetings of the Council. In the ab-
<br />sence of the mayor, the acting mayor shall
<br />preside. In the absence of both, the clerk
<br />shall call the meeting to order and shall
<br />preside until the Council members present
<br />at the meeting choose one of their number
<br />to act temporarily as presiding officer.
<br />B. Procedure. The presiding officer shall
<br />preserve order, enforce the rules of
<br />procedure prescribed by this section, and
<br />determine without debate, subject to the
<br />final decision of the Council on appeal, all
<br />questions of procedure and order. Except
<br />as ott...-rwise provided by statute or by these
<br />rules, the proceedings of the Council shall
<br />be conducted in accordance with Robert'sRulesoforder, Revised
<br />C. Appeal Pro d r Any member mayappealtotheCouncilarulingofthepresid. ing officer. If the appeal is seconded, the
<br />member may speak once soley on thequestioninvolvedandthepresidingofficermayexplaintheruling, but no otherCouncil
<br />member shall participate in the discussion. The appeal shall be sustained ifitis approvedbyamajorityofthememberspresentincludingthepresidingofficer. Subd. 3 Minutes,
<br />A.
<br />es of each Councilmeetingshallllllbekeptgtbytheclerkoratthedirectionoftheclerk, by the deputyclerk. Intheabsenceofboth, the presiding officershallappointasecretaryprotem. Ordinances, resolutions and claims need
<br />not be recorded in full in the minutes if theyappearinotherpermanentrecordsofthe
<br />clerk and can be accurately identified fromthedescriptiongivenintheminutes. B. A1212royal- The minutes of each meetingshallbereducedtotypewrittenform, shall
<br />be signed by the clerk, and copies shall bedeliveredtoeachCouncilmemberassoon
<br />as practicable after the meeting. At the nextregularCouncilmeetingfollowingsuchdelivery, approval of the minutes shall beconsideredbytheCouncil. The minutes
<br />need not be read aloud, but the presidingofficershallcallforanyadditionsorcorrections. If there is not objection to a
<br />Proposed addition or correction, it may bemadewithoutavoteoftheCouncil. if thereisanobjection, the Council shall vote upontheadditionorcorrection. If there are no
<br />additions or corrections, the minutes shallstandapproved.
<br />Subd. 4 Order of Business
<br />A. Order Est --2. Each meeting oftheCouncilshallconveneatthetimeandplaceappointedforthemeeting. Councilbusinessshallbeconductedinthefollowingorderunlessvariedbythepresidingofficer: 1. Pledge of Allegiance
<br />2. Approval of Agenda
<br />3. Approval of Minutes
<br />4. Approval of Claims
<br />5. Public Inquiries/Public Informational6. Unfinished Business
<br />7. Planning, Land Use and Zoning Issues8. Parks and Open Space
<br />9. City Engineer's Report
<br />10. City Attorney's Report
<br />11. City Council Reports
<br />12. City Administrator's Report
<br />13. Adjournment
<br />B. Petitions and Agenda, Petitions and
<br />other papers addressed to the Council shall
<br />be read by the clerk upon presentation to
<br />the Council. All persons desiring to present
<br />newbusiness before theCouncil shall inform
<br />the clerk at least 72 hours before the new
<br />business is to be heard. The clerk may
<br />prepare an agenda of the new business for
<br />submission to the Council on or before the
<br />time of the next regular meeting.
<br />Subd. 5 Voting. I ne votes of the members on
<br />any question may be taken in any manner
<br />which signifies the intention of the individual
<br />members, andthe votes ofthe members onany
<br />action taken shall be recorded in the minutes. If
<br />any member is present but does not vote, the
<br />minutes, as to his/her name, shall be marked
<br />Present -Not Voting"
<br />Subd. 6 Ordinance. Resolill]uQns. Motions
<br />Petitions and Communi ration=
<br />A. Signing and Publication Proof Every
<br />ordinance and resolution passed by theCouncilshallbesignedbythemayor,
<br />attested by the clerk, and filed by the clerk
<br />in the ordinance or resolution book. Proof of
<br />publication of every ordinance shall be
<br />attached and filed with the ordinance.
<br />B. Repeals and Amendments- Every
<br />ordinance or resolution repealing a pre-
<br />vious ordinance or resolution ora section or
<br />subdivision shall give the number, if any, and the title of the ordinance orcode number
<br />of the ordinance or resolution to be repeal-
<br />ed in whole or in part. Each ordinance or
<br />resolution amending an existing ordinance
<br />or resolution or part shall set forth in full
<br />each amended section or subdivision as it
<br />will read with the amen3meh-f.—
<br />Subd.7 resp nsionorAmendmentofR s
<br />These rules may be suspended only by a two- thirds vote of the members present and voting. Subd. 8 Salaries of Mayor and Council
<br />Members The salary of the Mayor and CityCouncilshallbesetfromtimetotime, byordinance, in accordance with state law.
<br />Subd. 9 Payment. The salaries provided bythissubsectionshallbepaidsemi-annually, ormorefrequentlyasdirectedbytheCouncil.
<br />Subd. 10 Worker's Compensation The mayor
<br />and Council members of the City are entitled to
<br />receive worker's compensation from the City in
<br />accordance with the provisions of the worker's
<br />compensation law of the state.
<br />Adopted by the Lake Elmo City Council this
<br />16th day of May, 1995.
<br />s/ Wyn John
<br />Wvn low Mayor
<br />Attest:
<br />ls/ Mary Kueffngr
<br />Mary Kueffner, City Clerk/Administrator7ublishedinthe6/14/95 issue of the StillwaterGazetteExtraX6/14
|